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Broughton-Bradford: Challenges to Global Governance to the G8
James Boughton and Colin Bradford published an article in the IMF-Magazine “Finance and Development” in December 2007 called “Global Governance: New Players, New Rules”, in which they questioned the governance capability of the G8. They define ideal global governance as … Continue reading
G8-Action Plan on Local Bond Markets – Missing Follow-Up Documents
The overview of G8 Action Plan on Local Bond Markets lists a couple of documents that were mentioned in the implementation report to be published soon, but have not been published since: IMF: “ABS in Emerging Markets: Recent Trends and … Continue reading
G8 Action Plan on Local Currency Bond Markets – Overview
The Document contains an overview of the G8 Action Plan on the developments of local currency bond markets and the implementation report. The overview-report looks at the problems identified by the G8 Action Plans, Task delegated to various institutions and … Continue reading
Membership of Key Economies in International Organisations
This article discusses the membership of 43 key economies in the major international financial institutions. The aim is to assess whether the global financial architecture adequately incorporates the key economies. The article can also be found in this PDF-Document. The … Continue reading
London Club
Institution: London Club Abbreviation: – Type: Private Founded: 1976 Members Total: depends on Debt Case Membership in: not applicable Membership of: not applicable Description: The London Club is an informal group of commercial banks that join together to negotiate their … Continue reading
G20 – Group of Twenty
Institution: Group of 20 Abbreviation: G20 Type: Public Founded: 2000 Members Total: 19 Membership in: Membership of: IMF, Worldbank, ECB Description: The G-20 is an informal forum that promotes discussion between industrial and emerging-market countries on key issues related to … Continue reading
G22 – Group of Twenty-Two
Institution: Group 22 Abbreviation: G22 Type: Public Founded: 1998-1999 Members Total: 22 Membership in: Membership of: BIS, IMF, OECD, World Bank, Chair of the Interim Committee Description: In response to the crisis in Asia, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors … Continue reading
G8 – Group of Eight
Institution: Group of 8 Abbreviation: G8 Type: Public Founded: 1994 Members Total: 8 Membership in: Membership of: Description: The G-8 was conceived when Russia first participated in part of the 1994 Naples Summit of the G-7. Again in 1997, Russia … Continue reading
G7 – Group of Seven
Institution: Group of 7 Abbreviation: G7 Type: Public Founded: 1985 Members Total: 7 Membership in: not applicable Membership of: not applicable Description: Group of Seven is the meeting of the finance ministers from the group of seven industrialized nations. The … Continue reading
FATF – Financial Action Task Force
Institution: Financial Action Task Force Abbreviation: FATF Type: Public Founded: 1990 Members Total: 34 Membership in: Membership of: Description: The FATF develops mechanisms to counter the use of the financial system by criminals. It established a series of Recommendations in … Continue reading